Re: Cedar & Cocoa Bean Mulches

**"* C* <d*@sympatico.ca>**

I can't respond generally to the notion that "chocolate kills dogs" but I 
can share a story about our companion Spectre.

In his middle years, he got into the Christmas goodies, specifically mine, 
and scarfed down a pound of chocolate covered coffee beans. He was titch 
more energetic than usual but that was the only noticeable change us anxious 
people noticed.
The next year it was a pound of Hershey's kisses wrapped up in red and green 
foil. The outcome, so to speak, was bits of coloured tinsel scattered 
throughout the yard as the snow melted away and exposed our "gifts."
Am I saying we should feed our dogs chocolate? Nope. But Spectre seemed to 
do okay.

Cocoa mulch smells nice but it decomposes very quickly.
Folks here tend to prefer coloured cedar- red or black.
If they're picking out a natural coloured product it is usually shredded 
pine bark.

The new mulch that is supposed to be introduced soon is chopped up 
industrial waste lumber with spray paint.
Dan

> Dogs, like people, are drawn to chocolate aromas.  Chocolate kills
> dogs, and they can't read "Keep off the mulch".  I love dogs, so I
> advise readers against using it. Margaret Lauterbach 

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